Risk + Strategy

Adam Hsakou is a program coordinator in GMF’s Paris office.

Previously, Hsakou covered Poland as a journalist for Le Figaro and other French-language outlets.  

Prior to that, Hsakou was head of community for Central Europe at the Spanish venture capital firm Demium, where he helped foster the startup ecosystem in the region, and program manager at Polish Tech Day, an initiative that brings together French, British, and Polish entrepreneurs.

In 2019, Hsakou served as a parliamentary attaché in charge of communication for a member of the French parliament. 

Hsakou has interned at the French embassy in Warsaw, the European Commission, and the communications agency Havas Paris.

Hsakou holds a master's degree in economics and management of government and international organizations from Bocconi University and a master’s degree in international public management from Sciences Po Paris. He is fluent in French, Polish, English, Spanish and Italian, and has a basic knowledge of Russian.

Florent Parmentier is a visiting fellow at GMF and secretary general of the Centre for Political Research of Sciences Po (CEVIPOF). His work includes research on EU, Central European, and Eastern European affairs, and he regularly comments on these issues for French and international media.

Parmentier is also an associate researcher for the Centre of Geopolitics of HEC Paris, a business school. He teaches European geopolitics, foresight studies and public affairs at Sciences Po and at the University Mohamed VI Polytechnic in Rabat. He has published several books in French, English, and Romanian.